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‘Before all that, Simon had been obliged to reason with Matthau, who initially insisted that he wanted to play the impossibly particular Felix rather than the slovenly Oscar because, he said, that would involve real acting.’

‘So there's still plenty of hope that slovenly women have it together on the inside - at least as often as slovenly men.’

‘Despite her basic beauty, she has a slovenly appearance, as though some strange magnetism randomly attaches clothes to her body every morning.’

‘It begins with no one troubling to polish their shoes and ends with slovenly doctors and nurses who cannot be bothered to wash their hands, killing 5,000 patients a year with MRSA.’

‘It was George ‘Beau’ Brummell who restored order to the slovenly neckwear of his time, by devising the use of starch on a muslin neckcloth, so that it would retain its shape throughout the day.’

‘It's interesting to watch polite, articulate, well groomed military officers field questions from slovenly reporters who look and sound like college students after an all-nighter.’

‘But to be honest I felt they could have made more of an effort just with simple things like cleaning the toilets and I felt the staff had a slovenly attitude.’

‘After seeing a number of slovenly men transformed by snappy suits, I wonder how I'll clean up.’

‘I prefer it when Georges isn't cluttering up the place like a slovenly teenager.’

‘On the other end of the phone, half the country away, is Vinnie, an unkempt, badly shaven, slovenly dressed loser.’

‘On top of which the actress is awful, unwatchable, the most slovenly girl to appear on the screen in a long, long time.’

‘Yet despite his slovenly appearance, somehow Araki is always followed by lovely young ladies in kimonos and gangs of sharp-dressed yes men.’